 Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours soften and unite, And sweetly melt into just shade and light ; When mellowing years their full perfection give( And each bold figure just begins to...  An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope - Page 144by Joseph Warton - 1756Full view - About this book
 | Owen Ruffhead - Poets, English - 1769 - 600 pages
...years their full f erfedion " &ive» " And each bold figure juft begins to live, " The treach'rous colours the fair art betray, *' And all the bright creation fades away !" Nothing, as the eflayift candidly admits, was ever fo happily expreffed on the art of painting :... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...years their full j erfeflion, " give, .*' And each bold figure juft begins to live, " The treach'rous colours the fair art betray, " And all the bright creation fades away !'* Nothing, as the eflayift candidly admits, was ever fo happily exprefled on the art of painting... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...mellowing years their lull perfection give. And each bold figure just begins to live, 491 The treach'rous colours the fair art betray, And all the bright creation fades away ! Unhappy wit, like most mistaken things, Atones not for that envy which it brings ; 495 In youth alone... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 412 pages
...unite, And fweetly melt into juft fhade and light; \Vhen mellowing years their full perfeftion give, 490 And each bold figure juft begins to live, The treacherous...art betray, And all the bright creation fades away! Unhappy wit, like moft miftaken things, Atones not for that envy which it brings, 455 In youth alone... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 400 pages
...unite, And fweetly melt into juft made and light ; When mellowing years their full perfeftion give, 490 And each bold figure juft begins to live, The treacherous colours the fair art betray, f*, • And all the bright creation fades away ! Unhappy wit, like moft miftaken things, Atones not... | |
 | Joseph Warton - Verse satire, English - 1772 - 374 pages
...hand ; When the ripe colours foften and unite, • , And fweetly melt into juftfhade and light; When mellowing years their full perfection give, And each bold figure juft begins to live, •Of ENGLISH VERSE. Fenton's edit. p. 147. tamo. " ' The The treacherous colours the fair art betray,... | |
 | George Colman - 1787 - 386 pages
...mellowing years their full perfection give, And each bold figure jnft begins to live ; The treach'rous colours the fair art betray. And all the bright creation fades away ! EJ/ay on Criticifm, 95. WHETHER THE SEA, &c~\ Sive recep~ tut, &<:. This may be underftood of any... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...his hand ; When the ripe colours foften and unite, And fwcetly melt into juft (liadc and light ; When mellowing years their full perfection give, And each bold figure juft begins to live, The treach'ruus colours the fair art betray, And all the bright creation fades away ! Unhappy wit, like... | |
 | Christopher Smart - 1791 - 282 pages
...mellowing years their full perfection give, And each bold figure ju!t begins to live, The treach'rous colours the fair art betray, And all the bright creation fades away. Unhappy wit, like moft miftaken things, Auones not for the envy which it brings. In youth alone its... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...mellowing years their full perfection give, And each bold figure ju/t begins to live ; The treach'rous 79 X \ N ! Unhappy wit, like moft siirtakcn things, Atones not for that envy which it brings. In youth aj^ne... | |
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